Comments on: Illahee Community Plan Before Commissioners Tonight

By: Dennis Sheeran

Dennis Sheeran — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:00:14 +0000

Builder,
Your spelling of Commissioner Sheeran’s name is a direct reflection of your statements, IN ERROR. It is also obvious that you are unable to research facts as you could have copied the correct spelling from the article above. That being said, let me address your statements with some TRUTH and FACT.
If you would have been a member of the Illahee community and truly cared about Illahee, you would have attended public and well advertised meetings dating back to 2006. The Illahee Community Plan, including the boundary map, were addressed in Chapter 17 of the 2006 Comprehensive Plan update. Better still, if you would have done your homework, you would have found that the county had assigned a County planner to start review on the Illahee Community Plan (ICP) in early 2007. Due to that planner leaving the County, another planner was assigned who also later left the County in 2007. These actions delayed, much to our dismay as recorded by several emails to the County Commissioners at that time, the plan being completed by the County until 2008.

As for comment about “only 19 people participated in the group.” That figure came from the number of people who “ signed in” at one meeting in 2008. If you would have researched the facts, you would have found minutes of our ICP public meeting dating back to 2006 to the present and sign-in sheets of attendees up to 100. We have an email list with which we communicate to the community and receive comments, plan reviews and community reports, that number over 300. Obviously you are using some “new math” that is not yet accepted here on plant earth.

Addressing the “It doesn’t matter if a group spent two days, two years, or twenty years on a project. Time committed does not give it credibility. It should stand on its own merits.”
The ICP is supported by documented Community input, several scientific studies done by independent specialists in their respective fields and reports from consultations by State agencies. Yes, this plan is backed by FACT, SCIENCE and REAL PEOPLE who live in Illahee.
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By: Builder

Builder — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:00:07 +0000

Where do Aho and Sheran come up with this “working for three years” stuff? According to Kitsap County, the planning officially began in January of THIS year.

From the county: “A 2008 community planning process began for Illahee in January 2008, with the intention that the community would be instrumental in the development of the Illahee Community Plan. DCD staff worked closely with the community to identify the issues in the community and to propose solutions and implementation strategies within the sub-area the plan. The Kitsap County
Planning Commission held a public hearing on the draft Illahee Community Plan on September 9, 2008 and recommended approval unanimously.”

By: Builder

Builder — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:45:35 +0000

A few comments:

1. The reporter should not refer to the letter as representative of the “Illahee community’s response.” After all, there are over 1,700 residents of the Illahee area, yet only 19 people participated in the group. Do the math!

2. It doesn’t matter if a group spent two days, two years, or twenty years on a project. Time committed does not give it credibility. It should stand on its own merits.

3. The first public hearing will be held tonight, so the Realtors, KAPO, and other groups did not have to testify until now. The Illahee group of 19 is merely an advisory group. So is the planning commission. By law, public hearings are held by decision makers. The commissioners!!!